I applaud the ACBL for both posting this on BW but more importantly for its open dialog with its membership on these matters. I would like to think that ACBL has set the standards in these respects and other NBOs will follow suit in future.

Stayman
In 1939, Jack Marx thought of the idea of using a two club response to a one no-trump opening to enquire about length in the majors. He wrote about his ideas and gave copies of these notes to friends but the outbreak of World War II prevented publication. When ...

Bridge on the Television
By George Baxter
BBW September 1937
A hand of Contract Bridge makes an excellent feature for a Television display, and two highly successful experiments have been carried out. The method of procedure is that the hand to be played is shown on a large board, and ...

Captain Ewart Kempson
By Hubert Phillips
BBW March 1935
At the end of Ewart Kempson’s recent book - his account of the Fourth Annual Bridge Contest between representative teams from North and South - is the mysterious caption “Thus ends my Swan Song.” What this means will not be clear to ...

Captain Ewart Kempson
1895-1966
By Bernard Westall
BM June 1966
The sad news of the death of our dear Editor, Ewart Kempson, has been received with deepest sorrow not only in England but in all parts of the world where Bridge is played.
Ewart was one of the last personalities ...

And now for something different...
THE OPERATION WAS A FAILURE BUT THE PATIENT THRIVED!
The great Irving Rose playing with Barnet Shenkin in the 1988 Staten Bank pairs held:
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Barnet opened one spade. Heinrich Berger, next to call, stuck four hearts on the table. What could ...

I am not sure that the result of this poll will settle anything other than to prove that more BW members feel it should be one way or the other. Surely this matter is worthy of far greater in depth research.